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Katha Pollitt (born October 14, 1949) is an American feminist poet, essayist and critic. She is the author of four essay collections and two books of poetry. Her writing focuses on political and social issues, including abortion rights, racism, welfare reform, feminism, and poverty. ==Professional life== Pollitt is best known for her bimonthly column "Subject to Debate" in ''The Nation'' magazine. Her writing is also featured in ''The New Yorker'', ''Harper's Magazine'', ''Ms. Magazine,'' ''The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Glamour, Mother Jones'', and the ''London Review of Books''. Her poetry has been republished in many anthologies and magazines, including ''The New Yorker'' and'' The Oxford Book of American Poetry'' (2006). She has appeared on NPR's Fresh Air and All Things Considered, Charlie Rose, The McLaughlin Group, CNN, Dateline NBC and the BBC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Author Bios )〕 Much of Pollitt's writing is in defense of contemporary feminism and other forms of 'identity politics' and tackles perceived misimpressions by critics from across the political spectrum; other frequent topics include abortion, the media, U.S. foreign policy, the politics of poverty (especially welfare reform), and human rights movements around the world. Pollitt wrote an influential essay for ''The New York Times Magazine'' "The Smurfette Principle" (1991) which became a frequently cited trope (synonymous with a literary technique) on the Internet: the Smurfette Principle is addressed in an episode of Feminist Frequency and the subject of an entry in TV Tropes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Smurfette Principle )〕 The principle is named after the cartoon character Smurfette which Pollitt explains in the essay: Contemporary shows are either essentially all-male, like "Garfield," or are organized on what I call the Smurfette principle: a group of male buddies will be accented by a lone female, stereotypically defined. Her more controversial writings include "Not Just Bad Sex" (1993), a negative review of Katie Roiphe's ''The Morning After: Sex, Fear and Feminism on Campus,'' and "Put Out No Flags" (2001), a ''Nation'' essay on post-9/11 America in which she explained her refusal to fly an American flag out of her living room window. In the essay, Pollitt stated that "The flag stands for jingoism and vengeance and war…There are no symbolic representations right now for the things the world really needs – equality and justice and humanity and solidarity and intelligence….The globe, not the flag, is the symbol that’s wanted now." In addition to her writing, Pollitt is a well-known public speaker and has lectured at dozens of colleges and universities, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brooklyn College, UCLA, the University of Mississippi and Cornell. She has taught poetry at Princeton, Barnard and the 92nd Street Y, and women's studies at the New School University.〔 Pollitt is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the National Magazine Award (1992, 2003), the American Book Award "Lifetime Achievement Award" (2010), and the National Book Critics Circle Award (1983). She has been awarded grants and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Fulbright Program. In 2003 she was one of the signers of the Humanist Manifesto. Pollitt earned a B.A. in philosophy from Radcliffe College in 1972 and an M.F.A. in writing from Columbia University in 1975. She is currently working on a book about abortion politics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Katha Pollit Bio at The Nation Institute )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Katha Pollitt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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